Prior to the market introduction of a novel food or feed in the Republic of Croatia, an approval shall be issued in accordance with the Food Act. The approval for food shall be issued by the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare in accordance with the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, and is based on the scientific opinion obtained previously from the Croatian Food Agency. The approval for feed shall be issued by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, also based on the scientific opinion obtained previously of the Croatian Food Agency.

Advisory panels

Croatia has no advisory panels responsible for co-existence.

Current laws on GMOs call for the creation of an advisory board, but details of the mandate will be subject to change upon implementation of the new Genetically Modified Organisms Act.

The scientific Panel on genetically modified organisms and novel food was placed within the Croatian Food Agency, which was established as an independent body responsible for risk assessment, risk communication and co-ordination of risk management along the whole food chain.